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Our dinner special this week is Almond Pecan Encrusted Halibut. It's served on a bed of jasmine rice with summer squash, zucchini, red bell pepper, and grape tomato and topped with a bourbon peach glaze.
Greet summer with this colorful dish and try it for just $38.
Sandwich of the Day for the week of June 14th: Our version of the Chicago-style Italian Roast Beef Sandwich. Thin-sliced, slow-roasted beef served “wet” with beef jus on a hoagie roll. Topped with gruyere cheese and giardiniera (pickled peppers, cauliflower, and carrots). It's served with fries, soup du jour, or mixed green/Caesar salad, for just $15. Try one today!
Join us this month for Dinner and a Diva on Tuesday, June 21st and Thursday, June 23rd and enjoy a night of stellar performances from George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, by the Capitol City Opera Company, between courses of a gourmet four-course dinner paired with wine. Dinner includes hot and cold hors d’ oeuvres, fresh salad, choice of two gourmet entrees, decadent dessert, coffee/tea, and two glasses of fine wine, all for only $75 per person (plus taxes and fees). Hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar open at 6:15 p.m., and the dinner and show start promptly at 7:00 p.m. Make reservations here or call 404-634-6268.
Porgy and Bess, dramatic folk opera in three acts by George Gershwin. Its English libretto was written by DuBose Heyward (with lyrics by Heyward and Ira Gershwin), based on Heyward’s novel Porgy (1925). The opera—which premiered at the Alvin Theatre in New York City on October 10, 1935—is considered to be the first great American opera. It contains many beloved musical numbers, including the arias ‘Summertime’ and ‘I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’. Set in the 1930s in an African-American Charleston neighborhood known as Catfish Row, Porgy and Bess centers on the tragic love story of the cripple beggar Porgy and beautiful Bess, who longs to turn away from her former life as a prostitute and cocaine addict. After a murder, Bess’ abusive partner Crown flees, leaving her at the mercy of a disapproving community and tempted by the seductive drug dealer Sporting Life. Bess strikes up an unlikely relationship with Porgy and gradually finds acceptance on Catfish Row—until a hurricane and the return of Crown change everyone’s lives forever.
Our “Sandwich of the Day”, for the week of June 6th, is this beautiful Turkey and Brie Bolillo, featuring roast turkey, brie cheese, green leaf lettuce, vine ripe tomatoes, and avocado, with Dijon mayo. The sandwich is accompanied by a side of our special summer cucumber salad. Enjoy this light, healthy meal on our patio (or inside the restaurant) to kick off pool season!
We will be closed Monday, May 30th, in honor of the Memorial Day Holiday, and we will reopen Tuesday, May 31st, at 4:00 p.m., for dinner. (This means we’re closed Monday, May 30th, for lunch and dinner, and Tuesday, May 31st, for lunch.)
Additionally, in order to give a our staff a break during the Fourth of July Holiday, most of whom have been working very hard during the entire COVID crisis, we will be closed Saturday, July 2nd through Tuesday, July 5th. We will open for regular lunch and dinner on Wednesday, July 6th. Thank you for your understanding, and we apologize for any inconvenience this causes.
Join us for Dinner and a Diva, on Tuesday, May 17th and Thursday, May 19th, for a night of delicious food and performances from Giuseppe Verdi’s Il Trovatore. Enjoy a gourmet four-course dinner featuring hors d’ oeuvres, fresh salad, choice of two entrees, dessert, coffee/tea, and two glasses of wine, all for only $65 per person (tax included; gratuity separate). Hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar open at 6:15 p.m., and the dinner and show start promptly at 7:00 p.m.
“Il Trovatore, (Italian: “The Troubadour”) opera is four acts by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (Italian libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, with additions by Leone Emanuele Bardare) that premiered at the Teatro Apollo, in Rome, on January 19, 1853. Based on the 1836 play El trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez, the opera is one of three considered to represent the culmination of Verdi’s artistry to that point. The opera was a triumph from the first night. Themes of obsession, revenge, war, and family are conveyed through characters who present dramatic contrasts. The central character—and the one who seems to have attracted Verdi’s interest most strongly—is the gypsy Azucena. (He had considered naming the opera for her.) The composer, who by this time had mastered the Romantic and bel canto traditions, took so many aspects of the opera (including fiery characters, extreme dramatic situations, and virtuosic demands on singers) to the very limits of current possibilities that, later, critics ridiculed the characters and plot as being well beyond plausible. Yet the music was transcendent, and the opera continues to be widely performed. Act II features the “Anvil Chorus” (or “Gypsy Chorus”), which has become one of the best-known passages in the operatic repertoire.”
Dinner and a Diva: Il Trovatore is sponsored by Ron Kite and Laura Brookshire. Make a reservation at 404-432-6680 or on our home page.
